by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA member, Honoring The Past, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 452533; Chapter 266, Montreal Before I finished the preflight briefing with the crew today, I casually asked them if they had any resolutions going into the new year. It was my way of breaking the ice, differing slightly from the standard briefing...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Sreekumar V Nair P. Eng., EAA Lifetime 1108291; EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta What can I do to tickle the minds of future generations to focus on bettering their goals in life? The thought of creating a small step in that direction is worthwhile to me, and...
by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent discussion about flying through British Columbia’s mountains from the Coastal Range to the Rockies brought to mind somewhere that is a little more local, at least for us here on the West Coast. This is about a...
by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal I think the thing that impresses me about EAA is that most everyone is a DIYer. There literally isn’t any subject in the art of building/restoring or repairing airplanes that isn’t addressed in some form by the people...
by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dennis Fox, EAA 1030810, EAA Chapter 1410 EAA Chapter 1410 in High River, Alberta, has been a hotbed of homebuilding for many years, and it continues today. Every chapter has some key people that keep the membership motivated, and one of ours is Jack Dueck. Many...
by EAA | Nov 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Flying Tips, Member Stories
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent flight in the Zenith company’s best-selling aircraft to date, the CH750 STOL, reminded me that I have had a small involvement with them for some time. I also discovered a 1973 magazine article that related the...
